diff --git a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
index 5c9ffd4..a9af248 100644
--- a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
+++ b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ private static void updateColumn(Column column, Cell cell) {
     }
     if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.STRING) {
       column.setType(String.class);
-      column.setDatabaseFieldLength(DEFAULT_STRING_LENGTH);
     }
     if (column.getType().equals(String.class)) {
       var cellValue = getCellValueAsString(cell);